Windsor Township is one of the fourteen townships

Civil township

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 of Lawrence County

Lawrence County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 62,319 people, 24,732 households, and 17,807 families residing in the county. The population density was 137 people per square mile . There were 27,189 housing units at an average density of 60 per square mile...

, Ohio

Ohio

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, United States

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. The 2000 census

United States Census, 2000

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 found 2,127 people in the township.

Geography

Located in the southeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:

• Mason Township
  Mason Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Mason Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,095 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the northeastern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - north
• Guyan Township, Gallia County
  Guyan Township, Gallia County, Ohio
  Guyan Township is one of the fifteen townships of Gallia County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,199 people in the township, 788 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - northeast corner
• Rome Township
  Rome Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Rome Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 8,694 people in the township, 8,366 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - east
• Union Township
  Union Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Union Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,002 people in the township, 7,540 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...
  
   - south
• Fayette Township
  Fayette Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Fayette Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 9,169 people in the township, 6,750 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township...
  
   - southwest corner
• Lawrence Township
  Lawrence Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Lawrence Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 2,574 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the central part of the county, it borders the following townships:*Aid Township - north...
  
   - west
• Aid Township
  Aid Township, Lawrence County, Ohio
  Aid Township is one of the fourteen townships of Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. The township had a population of 907 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Located in the northern part of the county, it borders the following townships:...
  
   - northwest corner

No municipalities are located in Windsor Township, although the unincorporated communities

Unincorporated area

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 of Scottown

Scottown, Ohio

Scottown is an unincorporated community in eastern Windsor Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45678.-References:...

 and Willow Wood

Willow Wood, Ohio

Willow Wood is an unincorporated community in western Windsor Township, Lawrence County, Ohio, United States, along Symmes Creek. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45696. Children in the Willow Wood area attend the Symmes Valley Multilevel and High...

 are located in the eastern and central parts of the township respectively.

Name and history

Statewide, other Windsor Townships are located in Ashtabula

Windsor Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Windsor Township is one of the twenty-seven townships of Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,932 people in the township.-Geography:Located in the southwestern corner of the county, it borders the following townships:...

 and Morgan

Windsor Township, Morgan County, Ohio

Windsor Township is one of the fourteen townships of Morgan County, Ohio, United States. The 2000 census found 1,951 people in the township, 1,411 of whom lived in the unincorporated portions of the township.-Geography:...

Counties.

Government

The township is governed by a three-member board of trustees, who are elected in November of odd-numbered years to a four-year term beginning on the following January 1. Two are elected in the year after the presidential election and one is elected in the year before it. There is also an elected township fiscal officer, who serves a four-year term beginning on April 1 of the year after the election, which is held in November of the year before the presidential election. Vacancies in the fiscal officership or on the board of trustees are filled by the remaining trustees.